What is the time complexity of Dijkstra's algorithm when implemented with a bina

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What is the time complexity of Dijkstra's algorithm when implemented with a binary heap?
  1. O(V^2)
  2. O(E log V)
  3. O(V log V)
  4. O(E + V)

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

What is the time complexity of Dijkstra's algorithm when implemented with a binary heap?
  • Step 1: Understand that Dijkstra's algorithm is used to find the shortest path from a starting vertex to all other vertices in a graph.
  • Step 2: Recognize that the algorithm processes each vertex and edge in the graph.
  • Step 3: Identify that a binary heap is used to efficiently manage the priority of vertices based on their current shortest distance.
  • Step 4: Note that the algorithm involves two main operations: extracting the minimum distance vertex and updating the distances of its neighbors.
  • Step 5: Realize that extracting the minimum from a binary heap takes O(log V) time, where V is the number of vertices.
  • Step 6: Understand that for each vertex, we may need to update the distances of its adjacent edges, which can be up to E edges in total.
  • Step 7: Combine the operations: for each of the V vertices, we perform O(log V) for extraction and O(E) for updating edges.
  • Step 8: Conclude that the overall time complexity is O(E log V) because we process each edge and vertex in the graph.
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